True or false kinetic energy increases if the speed or the mass of an object increases
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Answer:
<em>0.85c </em>
Explanation:
Rest mass of Kaon = 494 MeV/c²
Rest mass of proton = 938 MeV/c²
The rest energy is gotten by multiplying the rest mass by the square of the speed of light c²
for the kaon, rest energy = 494c² MeV
for the proton, rest energy = 938c² MeV
Recall that the rest energy, and the total energy are related by..
= γ
which can be written in this case as
= γ
...... equ 1
where = total energy of the kaon, and
= rest energy of the kaon
γ = relativistic factor =
where
But, it is stated that the total energy of the kaon is equal to the rest mass of the proton or its equivalent rest energy, therefore...
=
......equ 2
where is the total energy of the kaon, and
is the rest energy of the proton.
From =
= 938c²
equ 1 becomes
938c² = γ494c²
γ = 938c²/494c² = 1.89
γ = = 1.89
1.89 = 1
squaring both sides, we get
3.57( 1 - ) = 1
3.57 - 3.57 = 1
2.57 = 3.57
= 2.57/3.57 = 0.72
= 0.85
but,
v/c = 0.85
v = <em>0.85c </em>
Answer:
1) 3.66 s
2) 124.44 m
3) 3.12 s
Explanation:
Let's start by first listing down the information in the question.
Red Car : 34 m/s
Blue Car: 28 m/s
Distance between them : 22 m
The difference in speed between the cars is: 34 - 28 = 6 m/s
This means that the red car is catching up to the blue car at a speed of 6 m/s.
1) We can solve this by just dividing the distance by the difference in speed. This becomes:
Thus it takes 3.66 seconds for the red car to catch up to the blue car.
2) We know from (1) that it took 3.66 seconds for the red car to catch up. Since the speed it was travelling at is constant, we only need to multiply it by the time from (1) to get the distance.
This becomes:
Thus the red car travels 124.44 m before catching up to the blue car.
3) If the red car starts to accelerate the moment we see it, the time taken to get to the blue car will be less than before. We can find this in a simple way.
We can use the motion equation :
Here s = 22 m
We can take u as the difference in speed. u = 6 m/s
Acceleration a = (2/3) m/s^2
Substituting the these into the equation we get:
Solving this for the variable 't' using the quadratic formula we get the following two answers:
t1 = 3.12 s
t2 = - 21.12 s
Since t2 is not possible, the answer is t1. This means it takes 3.12 seconds for the red car to catch up to the blue.